Grotte

From Italian grotto, from Vulgar Latin grupta, from Classical Latin crypta. Doublet of Krypta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʁɔtə/ (prescriptive standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡ̥ʀɔtɛ/ (Austria)

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• Rhymes: -ɔtə

Grotte f (genitive Grotte, plural Grotten)

1. grotto

• “Grotte” in Duden online
• “Grotte” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Grotte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Grotte” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Grotte”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

From Vulgar Latin gruptae, from Latin cryptae, through the Sicilian Grutti.

Grotte f

1. a town and comune of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy

• grottese

• gretto